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You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
22 Jun 2006 09:46:30 -0700
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richardfangnail...
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People say this song is about Brian Epstein. Has John specifically
said that?
Still Life...
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No, it's one of those annoying revisionist myths concocted by an author
(possibly Peter Brown/Steven Gaines or Phillip Norman) which has somehow
been absorbed as fact by some people.
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DayTripper1966...
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Not that I have seen.
It was the first song to feature an outside musician, other than George
Martin.
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It's one of this greatest songs. I think he wrote it and recorded the
first version in one afternoon.
bessie...
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What people say this??
It's an obvious Dylan take
LidsvilleNine...
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People say this all the time, and the Dylanesque styling when he shouts
"Hey!" and the acoustic guitar are there. Beyond that, it has little to
poisoned rose...
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There's more than that. I think JL is even subtly steering his voice
toward a Dylan impression. And the insistent, ONE-two-three guitar
strumming sounds a lot like, for instance, "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna
Fall."
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do with Dylan.
donz5...
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John, 1968 (Rolling Stone): Things like "Hide Your Love Away," right.
I'd just discovered Dylan really.
John, 1972 (quoted in Illustrated Beatles): This was written in my
Dylan days for the film _Help_. When I was a teenager I used to write
poetry, but was always trying to hide my real feelings.
John, 1980 (Playboy): That's me in my Dylan period again. I am like a
chameleon, influenced by whatever is going on. If Elvis can do it, I
can do it. If the Everly Brothers can do it, me and Paul can. Same with
Dylan.
Paul, ?? (audio interview broadcast on 1981 radio documentary): If you
listen to, like, "Hey, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," that's John
doing Dylan. 'Cause Dylan had just come out, and we were big fans of
his.
Pete Shotton (in _In My Life_): The first Beatles song composed in my
presence was "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," to which I myself
contributed the sustained 'hey's" that introduces the main chorus. This
dylan-inspired number originally included the line "I can't go on,
feeling 2 foot tall"; when he first performed it for Paul McCartney,
however, John accidently sang "2 foot _small_." He pasued to correct
himself, then burst into laughter. "Let's leave that in, actually," he
exclaimed. "All those pseuds will really love it."
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donz5...
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John, 1968 (Rolling Stone): Things like "Hide Your Love Away," right.
I'd just discovered Dylan really.
John, 1972 (quoted in Illustrated Beatles): This was written in my
Dylan days for the film _Help_. When I was a teenager I used to write
poetry, but was always trying to hide my real feelings.
John, 1980 (Playboy): That's me in my Dylan period again. I am like a
chameleon, influenced by whatever is going on. If Elvis can do it, I
can do it. If the Everly Brothers can do it, me and Paul can. Same with
Dylan.
Paul, ?? (audio interview broadcast on 1981 radio documentary): If you
listen to, like, "Hey, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," that's John
doing Dylan. 'Cause Dylan had just come out, and we were big fans of
his.
Pete Shotton (in _In My Life_): The first Beatles song composed in my
presence was "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," to which I myself
contributed the sustained 'hey's" that introduces the main chorus. This
dylan-inspired number originally included the line "I can't go on,
feeling 2 foot tall"; when he first performed it for Paul McCartney,
however, John accidently sang "2 foot _small_." He pasued to correct
himself, then burst into laughter. "Let's leave that in, actually," he
exclaimed. "All those pseuds will really love it."
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